‘Science Your Future’ Competition Winners

Media Release

14 May 2018

High school students from Jember, Surabaya, Bali, Tangerang and Jakarta with an interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics will travel to Australian universities after winning an Australian Embassy video competition.

The five groups of students today (Monday) were announced as winners of the ‘Science Your Future’ competition, organised by the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) in partnership with the Australian Technology Network and Australian businesses Qantas and Bluescope.

The students created a 90 second video and a 500 word essay that showcased some science, technology, engineering or mathematics solutions to some of Indonesia’s greatest challenges.

A total of 172 students and 51 science teachers from 23 schools across Indonesia participated in the competition. Sixty per cent of participants were female.

Each winning group will now get to visit one of Australia’s world-class technology universities with cutting edge laboratories, including Curtin University, Queensland University of Technology, RMIT, UTS and the University of South Australia.

“I am impressed to see the quality and creativity of the next generation of Indonesia’s scientific leaders,” Australian Embassy Deputy Ambassador Allaster Cox said.

“We hope they have enjoyed using their skills and knowledge for this competition and will consider studying in Australia in the future.”